Break-up? Now You get to Live your Life!

Author : Pratik Mohapatra      Blog : Live.Laugh.Love.      Date : 4/18/2013 5:05:00 AM

'Have you ever been through a break-up? How did you come out of the gloomy days? You are sure to pass through a hell of a Life - with its Goods and Bads and Worsts if you follow me! So here's my list of to-dos or trying-to-dos when you are in a post-breakup phase. Disclaimer: Remember, this is one for the BOYS only. Girls - read it and imagine your version. Don't take to heart anyone.Okay, so the dreamy love-glossed matinee show is over, your "only world" has dumped you badly in fron(...)'

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Faith Undeniable

Author : Pratik Mohapatra      Blog : Live.Laugh.Love.      Date : 4/17/2013 3:32:00 AM

'Trees.Poems upon the sky,That Earth so keen-fully writes.Trees.Silent alibis to our Childhood,That was so nonchalantly spent.Trees.Even after they are fell down,Lend their heart to us,To record our emptiness on.'

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Scary Movie X : do{nighthmares}while(I_am_alive);

Author : Pratik Mohapatra      Blog : Live.Laugh.Love.      Date : 3/31/2013 2:06:00 AM

'Thud! I woke up because of the noise from the back yard.I yawned, stretched my arms, and shuffled towards the back window. As I paced by my kitchen, I took a glance at the clock. 1:00 in the dead of the night. I need to stop being afraid. As I continued towards the window, I saw a shooting star out in the sky. But it was getting larger! It got so large that, Oh, it was a meteor! A meteor!I followed the meteor’s trajectory as it came plummeting from the atmosphere. It landed so incre(...)'

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Swiss Woman Gang-raped, Delhi Girl Gang-raped, in India only Sheila & Munni live Happily

Author : Pratik Mohapatra      Blog : Live.Laugh.Love.      Date : 3/25/2013 2:07:00 PM

'Close on the heels of the harrowing gang-rape case in Delhi, two other such events have cropped up in the news. A Swiss woman, on a cycling trip in Central India, was gang-raped by 6 men. Although her condition is not fatal and she's recovering now, this raised a lot eyebrows across the world, and nations are now thinking on issuing warnings to travelers on increasing sexual assaults against women in India. Just recently in Agra, a UK tourist jumped from her hotel to escape a sexual(...)'

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Saraswatichandra - Sanjay Leela Bhansali's foray into Indian Television

Author : Pratik Mohapatra      Blog : Live.Laugh.Love.      Date : 3/23/2013 1:38:00 AM

'So, its another fine weekend and I am stuck - at picking up a subject for my post. While half the blogosphere is picking hot topics like Sanjay Dutt & Indian Legal System, I finally close in on a flicker. Saraswatichandra - a review. The big budget, heavily touted Sanjay Leela Bhansali's revered step onto Indian Soap Opera. To witness the miracle of how this larger-than-life filmmaker fits into our unflattering idiot boxes, most women must have completed their chores beforehand.(...)'

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Life. Love. You.

Author : Pratik Mohapatra      Blog : Live.Laugh.Love.      Date : 3/19/2013 2:01:00 PM

'I look up at the stars in the sky, and think,My life is not that big after all.I look up at the sun in the sky, and think,My life is not at all bright, after all.I look afar at the green hillocks, and think,My life isn't all beautiful, after all.I look into the raining clouds, and think,My life doesn't rain happiness, after all.But then I think of you, and those countless memories,and I know that my life is the biggest it could be.I look at your eyes, and shimmering love in it,and I(...)'

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Weekend Trip to Neelkantheswar near Pune

Author : Pratik Mohapatra      Blog : Live.Laugh.Love.      Date : 3/18/2013 1:45:00 AM

'Travel posts are all essentially the same, describing about a place or a journey. This is my first hand account of my one-day trip to Neelkantheswar, about 40 kms from Pune."Pratik, I don't like it when the roads and surroundings are empty. I feel afraid..""Oho.. Don't worry. I am sure of the road. There's no hiccup."                  We drove ahead on the road, dead straight. After a few minutes, settlements(...)'

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How to Win in an Arguement with a Girl - 100% Working!

Author : Pratik Mohapatra      Blog : Live.Laugh.Love.      Date : 3/16/2013 6:30:00 AM

'Its long I have written something, because I have been real busy - in fooling around. However, to make up for the absence, here is a post - which you can say - is namkeen. Most of my readers would have had at least one experience of arguing with a girl. Guys who have won the arguement - kudos to them. For the unfortunate others, here is my tried & tested formulae of how to win in an arguement with girls.Disclaimer: Please don't blame me if you win the arguement but loose your gi(...)'

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Growing Up.

Author : Pratik Mohapatra      Blog : Live.Laugh.Love.      Date : 2/1/2013 10:16:00 AM

'When was the last time you watched a bud in your small garden blossom into a beautiful flower in a few days?When was the last time your eyes chased a butterfly in the backyard till it was out of your sight?When was the last time you watched one of those lizards in the abandoned corner of your ceiling catch a moth by sheer speed and surprise?When was the last time your father molded those little fingers into twisty poses, clutching at a fairly sharpened pencil and pressing it to shee(...)'

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WINTER

Author : Pratik Mohapatra      Blog : Live.Laugh.Love.      Date : 1/25/2013 4:02:00 AM

'There was a fine cover of heat outside. Every little crust of snow that was left, on the road-sides, by the tree-trunks, and the roof-top - was slowly melting away. People were beginning to move. The whistle of the intermittent train was largely involved in forming a melody with the hustle and bustle on the backdrop. The sun was beginning to break through the rest of the snow-cover. The old house wore a beaten-down look, laden with aged moss on the eroded walls, a few ferns bursting(...)'

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Asaram, Akbaruddin and Free Speech OR another Congress-play?

Author : Pratik Mohapatra      Blog : Live.Laugh.Love.      Date : 1/11/2013 4:35:00 AM

'Asumal Sirumal, or Asaram Bapu as you 'fondly' know him, is a part of the sexist, feudal and beguiling past that we need to leave behind. But the real issue isn’t them uttering nonsense. It is what gives people, like him and Akbaruddin Owaisi, the nerve to say what they say. It is all those thousands of supporters who jump to their defense when someone questions the weird pronouncements of these people. The sad human need to obey and follow has found willing exploiters in this natio(...)'

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Following to the Rape(in Delhi)

Author : Pratik Mohapatra      Blog : Live.Laugh.Love.      Date : 1/8/2013 10:36:00 AM

'Greetings, fellow bloggers and dear readers. As I sit down to write a really long post, please excuse me for the length and make sure that, if you read this, then do so till the end, with a heart. I have deliberately added excerpts from the father of Jyoti(Damini, or Nirbhaya, the assaulted lady) to keep the emotion on pace with the post.India is mourning the demise of the courageous lady brutally assaulted and raped by 6 men on 16th December 2012. There are silent protests to expre(...)'

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Daily Chores.

Author : Pratik Mohapatra      Blog : Live.Laugh.Love.      Date : 1/2/2013 9:04:00 AM

'"If the wind could just whisk away my troubles,I could be better-off working the hours on my future..."Photo: A toy-seller near the zoo at Pune.'

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Protest and Politics

Author : Pratik Mohapatra      Blog : Live.Laugh.Love.      Date : 12/24/2012 8:35:00 AM

'That the large-scale protest will be used as a playground for the political parties, was no doubt, but to this scale, that it now echoes in the whole universe. A clueless government and the brute force of a rather blunt police has come out of the politicized high-voltage drama engulfing us. The nation is outraged at heinous and brutal treatment meted out to the protestors. With around eight metro stations closed, the capital has come to a stand-still. Slogans are being shouted again(...)'

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Wait till the Next Rape!

Author : Pratik Mohapatra      Blog : Live.Laugh.Love.      Date : 12/21/2012 3:47:00 AM

'The great B. R. Ambedkar believed that the Indian State would be able to remove inequality in social and economic life. But the track record of the Indian Republic in the last 63 years doesn’t inspire much confidence in that regard. What will be the trigger for such a social transformation? How can we kickstart the process of moral regeneration? This blogger doesn’t have the definite answer but one possible way is for each one of us to propagate and inculcate the right values in our(...)'

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Delhi Girl Gang-Raped in a Moving Bus. Views.

Author : Pratik Mohapatra      Blog : Live.Laugh.Love.      Date : 12/18/2012 4:22:00 AM

'No Disclaimer. I want people to feel their guilt on reading this.What’s horrifying is how a bunch of people could do something like this, that seems like a scene out of a rape-fetish-horror movie, in public in the capital city! And those 4-5 men were obsessed about raping her at the same time! It’s very very hard to be optimistic that anything will change in the near future. It’s not about individuals or a few power-wielding men. It’s about a mass cultural mindset that’s the issue h(...)'

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Explosion

Author : Pratik Mohapatra      Blog : Live.Laugh.Love.      Date : 12/15/2012 5:02:00 AM

'The light of stereo-casting has blinded my friends who otherwise wanted to dream and attain big.'

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Mist

Author : Pratik Mohapatra      Blog : Live.Laugh.Love.      Date : 12/13/2012 7:23:00 AM

'"In its wake, the mist, a sea of tranquility; Its early gray aura grazes through the leaves And covers the earth in its foggy veil; It fights the walking sun with playful scorn Softly, all living creatures come to life; The hues on nature’s landscape unfold Brush-stroked by a master’s hand.."'

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Talaash: The Answer Lies Within

Author : Pratik Mohapatra      Blog : Live.Laugh.Love.      Date : 12/2/2012 12:38:00 PM

'Another review in a short span of time. This time its the much awaited movie Talaash. Finally, you get to see an A-listed actor doing no over-the-top scenes like those in pot-boiler flicks that pull the multitudes like the scent of cheese pulls a mouse. It's refreshing to see Aamir Khan do experiments. As realistic as it can be, Reema Kaagti gives it the human touch. Aamir's acting prowess comes out in scenes where he looks troubled, confused and grief-stricken. But unfortunately, R(...)'

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Honor Killing Strikes Again: The Victory of Caste-Politics

Author : Pratik Mohapatra      Blog : Live.Laugh.Love.      Date : 11/27/2012 6:58:00 AM

'I am deliberately omitting a Disclaimer for this post. It surely does talk about a social evil in our country, but I want people to get concerned or better, aroused on reading this. After a few months of the show in SATYAMEV JAYATE which talked about honor killings; the husband has been shot dead in his village while he was visiting his sick mother. Even huge media efforts and social awareness didn't save the man from honor killing.News for the above: LINK- TOIFew More Examples(...)'

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